ArtsQueenslandPresentation

SusanKingArtsDevelopmentOfficer,CreativeCommunities

E:susan.king@arts.qld.gov.auT:0732245767

AQ Priorities• Grow and promote quality• Capitalise on digital technology• Partner with local government• Partner with other sectors• Strengthen independent artists and arts and cultural workers

Arts Queensland ....An Overview• Sector Plan (2010 – 2013)• Regional Strategy artbeat (2010 – 2014)• Arts culture + me – youth strategy (2008 – 2011)• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Arts Policy (2009 –

2013)• Art form specific actions and priorities

Sector Plan Goals• Great arts and culture• Engaged audiences and culturally

active communities• Strong and diverse creative economy• Creative spaces and places

• Commitment to ongoing learning

Regional Strategy Goals• Stronger communities• Participation• Arts and cultural practice• Skills, knowledge and networks

•Creative spaces and places

Under the Sector Plan the collections and heritage priorities are:•Best practice case studies on collecting and preserving heritage.

•More equitable access to state collections through digitalisation.

•Supporting communities to collect, preserve and curate local arts andheritage.

Creative Communities

One of four art form areas

with a focuson:

Creative Communities Small to Medium (s2m) organisations

Creative Communities projects

1. RADF evaluation•An evaluator will be engaged toundertake a comprehensiveevaluation of the RADF program,its guidelines and objectives in2012.•Extensive consultation will beundertaken with RADFparticipants and stakeholders.•Steering Group made up of arepresentative from each of thefive RADF population classeswill guide the evaluation.

Creative Communities projects

It will:•build arts and cultural activities intoplanning processes of the localcommunity and government authorities•involve artists from across artforms•create opportunities for both local andtouring artists•make available venues operated by localgovernment authorities•have an enduring, whole of communitybenefit beyond the life of the program.

2. Cultural Places—Rockhampton Pilot•3 year, $1.5 million project•Partnership between Australia Council, Arts Queensland andRockhampton Regional Council

3. Creative Recovery Arts Corps•$330K pilot project (2011–2012)•Partnership between Arts Queensland andAustralia Council•arts-led community recovery in the disaster-affected regions of Ipswich, Lockyer Valley andCassowary Coast•Creative Resilience Alliance engaged toundertake project•local teams of artists and arts/cultural workerstrained in ‘creative recovery’•local projects to enhance community capacity,disaster resilience and wellbeing•resources and training will be developed

Creative Communities projects

Creative Communities initiativesQueensland Regional Arts andCulture ConferenceConference held biennially.The Artspoken conference held in2011 in Bundaberg broughttogether arts and cultural workersfrom across the state to explorenew ideas in regional arts. EOI toCouncils to host in 2013.

Regional Arts and CultureAwardsInaugural awards delivered atArtspoken 2011.These awards help to realise theartbeat strategy vision that seesarts and culture at the heart ofregional communities.

Regional Arts and Culture Award recipients in 2011

ArtsQueenslandFundingPrograms

www.arts.qld.gov.au/funding

art+placeQueenslandPublicArtFund

Budget: $10 million over four years 2010-14• Stream 1: requests over $400 000 to $2 000

000• Stream 2: over $100 000 to $400 000• Stream 3: $50 000 to $100 000Co-contributions from non-state government

applicants

Curatorial Panel: seven members advise onpublic art and assess applications

Highlights: major public art projects• five artworks for Kangaroo Point Park• International Cruise Ship Terminal Ports North• Cairns-Brisbane Tilt Train• Andy Goldsworthy Strangler Cairn Conondale

For more information visit:www.artplace.arts.qld.gov.au

art+place is designed to breathe new life into public spaces, buildings,parks and facilities across the state.

Scott Redford, The High/Perpetual Christmas, NoAbstractions, 2008. Collection: Queensland ArtGallery|Gallery of Modern Art. Photograph:Natasha Harth

Backing Indigenous Arts

• Funding of $13.2 million until 2014-2015.• Provides support for access to arts infrastructure,

professional development and creates pathways forartists to showcase export ready work on the worldstage.

• Key programs include working with Indigenous artcentres, the establishment of the Cairns IndigenousArt Fair, and the Cairns opening in 2009 of theDjumbunji Press KickArts Fine Art Printmaking.

• The Queensland Indigenous Arts Marketing andExport Agency (QIAMEA) - promotes QldIndigenous arts and artists through strategicmarketing and export initiatives internationally.

Backing Indigenous Arts (BIA) is a Queensland Government initiativestarted in 2007 to build a stronger, more sustainable and ethical Aboriginaland Torres Strait Islander arts industry in Queensland. BIA is the onlystate government initiative of its kind in the country. BIA supports allartforms.

Career Development Grants

• Help practitioners advance their own career• Develop skills or creative practice• Raise their industry profile• Provide significant benefits to the sector• Represent a significant career milestone in

relation to past career achievements and futureplans

Career Development Grants support activities that provide a significantand timely career development opportunity. They support professionaldevelopment activities that:

Grants of up to $5,000Applications accepted all yearround, allowing five to eight weeksprocessing time.

SuccessfulCDGExampleTravis Dewan in 2012 - $1778(Visual Arts, Craft and Design)

The grant funding will be used towards supporting a four week curatorial researchresidency at 501 Artspace Chongqing, China with a view to creating ‘sister city’networks and relationships for the applicant and his project, the Brisbane Emerging ArtFestival.

• The applicant has clearly articulated his proposed outcomes with clear potential tobecome a catalyst of cultural exchange in the Queensland arts sector.

• The residency will continue the applicants’career pathway towards becoming aninformed Queensland arts worker.

• This opportunity for the applicant to honehis skills and form vital networks will benefitthe festival and the sector as it helps notonly to build his own career but will alsosupport activity developing a newgeneration of Queensland arts and culturalleaders.

Development and Presentation Grants

• The program is open to individuals, groups,organisations and local governmentauthorities.

• Funding up to $50 000 per applicant isavailable.

• Priority areas for 2012—Projects thatinvolve artists, cultural workers and/orproducers working in and with remotecommunities. See heARTlands initiative inartbeat strategy for more details.

Key datesRound 1 closing date: 30 April 2012Round 2 closing date: 31 August 2012

Development & Presentation Grants support one-off collaborativeprojects that will result in excellent, innovative artistic work with publicoutcomes and benefits for Queensland communities.

SuccessfulDPGExampleMt Morgan Museum - $28,160(Creative Communities)

The grant funding wasused to research, designand implement a localIndigenous historycollection with the aim ofbuilding communityinclusiveness via apermanent display in thesocial history collectionat Mt Morgan Museum.

SuccessfulDPGExampleScenic Rim Regional Council - $18,351(Creative Communities)

The grant funding was used to improve promotion and engagement with participatingartists and associated cultural tourism activities that are part of the Studios andCultural Trails of the Scenic Rim initiative.

Artist in Residence Program

• Queensland schools, pre-service teachertraining institutions, artists and artists’organisations are eligible to apply.

• Minimum residency of 20 days or 100hours in a Queensland school

The AIR program gives artists an opportunity to broaden their experienceand share their skills, while providing school students, teachers and pre-service teachers with greater exposure to the benefits of creative practice.It creates opportunities for artists, teachersand pre-service teachers to work togetheron developing effective teaching methodsand practices for the arts.

Grants of up to $20 000Key datesApplications closing date: 30 March 2012

Some Tips for Grant Applications

• READ THE GUIDELINES

• RESPOND DIRECTLY THE SELECTION CRITERIA AND SECTORPLAN

• DEMONSTRATE QUALITY AND INNOVATION

• DEMONSTRATE OTHER SUPPORT FOR YOUR PROEJCT

• PROVIDE LETTERS OF SUPPORT

• PROVIDE ALL RELEVANT SUPPORT MATERIAL(Quotes, Confirmation of Venue, CVs)

Evidence broad support for your project

To compete successfully, you need to demonstrate wide ranging industryand sector support for your project. eg:• diverse funding sources – share the risk• Local government support• presenting and/or producing partner• arts sector and community support• commercial business support & sponsorship• Scoping surveys or rigorous research and consultation to inform• the rationale for your project

Support material should include:CV for key personnel, quotes, letters of commitment and confirmation fromall major partners including presenting partners and personnel involved inthe project, itineraries, reviews, and examples of work.

Outcome Reports

• Applicants who receive a grant are required to submit anOutcome Report within four weeks of the end of theirproject.

• TIP: When you start you project start the Outcome Report.It’s much easier! As you achieve milestones write themdown.

• Applicants with grants that have overdue outcome reports orwho have not satisfactorily acquitted a previous grant, will beineligible for further assistance.

Other funding opportunities

• Australia Council• Office for the Arts• Regional Arts Fund (RAF)• Events Queensland Regional

Development Program• Brisbane City Council (Creative Sparks,

Lord Mayor's Young and EmergingArtists Fellowships)

• Gambling Community Benefit Fund• Jupiters Casino Community Benefit Fund• Repair, Restore, Renew (RRR) Grant

Program• Multicultural Affairs Queensland• Festivals Australia• Australian Artists' Grant

Contact Arts QueenslandFor specific grant enquiries, ask to speak to the Arts Development Officer for your

artform.

Telephone: 07 3224 4896Tollfree: 1800 175 531Fax: 07 3224 4077Tollfree fax: 1800 175 532Email: reception@arts.qld.gov.auWebsite: www.arts.qld.gov.au